The Palos Verdes Swim Club was completed in 1930 by the original developers of the Palos Verdes Project. The Swim Club was renamed the Roessler Pool, in honor of Fred Roessler, mayor of Palos Verdes Estates for 25 years and who was instrumental in the formation of the city of Palos Verdes Estates in 1939. The original Swim Club utilized recirculated ocean water. 
Swim Club under construction (Picture Courtesy of Palos Verdes Peninsula Library District)
The Swim Club was completely refurbished in 1992 after the City, in 1988,had seriously considered demolishing the Club, which had fallen into disrepair. A group of citizens proposed selling memberships to raise capital to remodel the Club, and the Club was reopened in 1992 as the Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club. City residents may use the club for the payment of a daily fee.
Swim Club-1930 (Note Haggarty’s Pier in background). The gazebo
where this picture was taken was dedicated as “Roessler Point” on
May 30, 2001 after the gazebo’s refurbishment. (Picture Courtesy of Palos Verdes Peninsula Library District)
Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club today
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